Below is a worksheet I handed out during the Berkeley-Oakland discussions of the Pope's Encyclical on Care for our Common Home sponsored by Interfaith Power & Light.that ended on 9-2-2015. Along with the Mandala, it lists means and steps for inspiring environmental activism.
Intentional Identities and Actions forEnding Global Warming and Restoring our Environment To my understanding, God is whatever promotes expanding, maintaining or returning to moment to moment awareness of what is without judging one’s self or others.
We are a commitment in this regard to ourselves and developing it in others through our example and our encouragement.
Together, as a result, we are SHALOM (peace): Systemic and sustainable change Healing, health and wholeness Assets building community Love including self, neighbor and God Organized for direct action Multi-cultural and multi-faith
The definitions above of God and who We are contain restatements of the Buddhist definitions of mindfulness and concentration, respectively, found in Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Ganaratana. The intentional action phrases of SHALOM are from the Communities of Shalom, an NGO of the United Methodist Church that is invited by mostly impoverished neighborhoods around the world to help them learn and practice such intentions. With respect to the pope’s encyclical topic, “the throwaway culture and the proposal of a new lifestyle,” please explore my website www.yesican.wikispaces.com in light of who God is, who We are and who we are Together as a means of
Replacing consumption of more energy, goods or drugs with a fuller appreciation of what is
Experiencing man and nature wholistically as a mutually dependent community in intimate dialogue
How could who God is, who We are and who we are Together influence our approach to the five action areas the Pope suggests in paragraph 164 of his Encyclical on Care for our Common Home?:
Encouraging more efficient use of energy
Developing renewable and less polluting forms of energy
Planning a sustainable and diversified agriculture
Promoting wholistic management of marine and forest resources
Ensuring universal access to unpolluted drinking water
For further information on how to take spiritually oriented actions to end global warming and restore our environment, please see Interfaith Power & Light.
Intentional Identities and Actions forEnding Global Warming and Restoring our Environment
To my understanding, God is whatever promotes expanding, maintaining or returning to moment to moment awareness of what is without judging one’s self or others.
We are a commitment in this regard to ourselves and developing it in others through our example and our encouragement.
Together, as a result, we are SHALOM (peace):
Systemic and sustainable change
Healing, health and wholeness
Assets building community
Love including self, neighbor and God
Organized for direct action
Multi-cultural and multi-faith
The definitions above of God and who We are contain restatements of the Buddhist definitions of mindfulness and concentration, respectively, found in Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Ganaratana. The intentional action phrases of SHALOM are from the Communities of Shalom, an NGO of the United Methodist Church that is invited by mostly impoverished neighborhoods around the world to help them learn and practice such intentions.
With respect to the pope’s encyclical topic, “the throwaway culture and the proposal of a new lifestyle,” please explore my website www.yesican.wikispaces.com in light of who God is, who We are and who we are Together as a means of
How could who God is, who We are and who we are Together influence our approach to the five action areas the Pope suggests in paragraph 164 of his Encyclical on Care for our Common Home?:
For further information on how to take spiritually oriented actions to end global warming and restore our environment, please see Interfaith Power & Light.
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